The Cult live in concert.
ON TOUR

The Cult

123
critic concert reviews
metal

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

72
%
Based on 
123
critic concert
reviews
LAST 12 MONTHS RATING  
75
%
Based on 
9
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Based on 123 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that The Cult is rated as a decent live performer, but their shows lack distinction. The Cult concert reviews describe live shows and performances as incredible, vibrant, varied, nostalgic, exhilarating, crunchy, and psychedelic.

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Latest release

The Swing (July 17, 2023)

artist info

GENRE
metal
ORIGIN
London, United Kingdom
BIO
The Cult are an English rock band that gained a dedicated following in their native Britain with mid-80s singles such as "She Sells Sanctuary" before breaking into the American metal market in the late-80s with songs such as "Love Removal Machine".
HAS PERFORMED with
The Mission, Holy White Hounds, Bush, Broken Hands, Bo Ningen, Alice Cooper, Creeper, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

CRITIC concert REVIEWS

Louder Than War (UK)

November 24, 2023
%
Death Cult: Electric Brixton, London, UK

Under the Radar (USA)

November 19, 2023
%
Death Cult at Rock City, Nottingham, UK, November 13, 2023

The Arts Desk (UK)

November 16, 2023
100
%
A blistering return to the early Eighties by Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy

musicOMH (UK)

November 14, 2023
100
%
A tentative exercise in nostalgia became a showcase of this band’s ability to transcend time, bridging the gap between their roots and the present with honesty and authenticity

Backseat Mafia

October 13, 2023
%
The Cult – Spokane, Washington – 11.10.2023

V13 (Canada)

July 10, 2023
%
The Cult (w/ The Mission, Lili Refrain) Bring The Darker Side of Rock to Halifax

Louder Than War (UK)

July 8, 2023
%
The spectacular setting of Halifax’s Grade 1 listed Georgian treasure, the Piece Hall, is a star of the show in its own right, with its magnificent pillars and archways gazing impassively at the strangely anachronistic proceedings unfolding in the packed courtyard.

Past critic reviews published in

The Aquarian Weekly (USA), Parklife DC (USA), Twin Cities Media (USA), 1013 Music Reviews (USA), Yorkshire Evening Post (UK) and more

IMAGE CREDIT

Teresa Sedo [CC BY-2.0] via Wikimedia Commons